38-year-old shortstop Kim Jae-ho (Doosan) is expected to extend his active career rather than retire by showing rejuvenation in the final year of his 3-year free agent contract.

The first training of Doosan's finishing camp held at Bears Park in Icheon on the 31st. Doosan coach Lee Seung-yeop, who met at the scene, said, “You may have seen (Kim) Jae-ho this year, but he achieved good results. 

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It depends on what you think, but we need Kim Jae-ho,” he said, referring to the issue of veteran Kim Jae-ho’s active-duty extension.

Jae-ho Kim signed his second free agent contract with Doosan for 3 years and 2.5 billion won in January 2021. His form over the past two years has been below expectations. 

In the first year of his contract renewal, he had a batting average of .209 in 89 games, and last year, he performed poorly with a batting average of .201 and 5.0 in 102 games, suffering from controversy over 'scam'. 

For two years, more than half of his contract period, he suffered a slump with a batting average of .201 and 200, damaging the pride of a genius shortstop.

Jae-ho Kim prepared harder than anyone else for the 2023 season, which could possibly be the last of his career. The start was the Australian spring camp. 

He stood in the first line during warm-up and shouted “fighting,” and even during defensive training, he did not spare his body, just like young genius shortstops did in the past. 

It was Kim Jae-ho, who shed a lot of sweat to turn the boos of the past two years into applause.

If it was Jisung, it was Gamcheon. Jae-ho Kim rejuvenated himself with a batting average of .283, 3 home runs, 29 RBI, and an OPS of .748 in 91 games this year, leading Doosan's return to the fall stage after two years. 

Even at the age of 38, nearing retirement, he showed off his stable defense and contact ability without rust, ranking third in the team's batting average after Yang Eui-ji (3.55% batting average) and Su-bin Jeong (20.877 batting average). 

It is a performance that is no less good than in 2018, when he had a career high (batting average of .311, 1 ri, 16 home runs).

Just looking at his records over the last two years, Jae-Ho Kim seemed likely to retire after this year. 

Jae-ho Kim also hinted at the end of his active career by saying, “I don’t have much time left,” at the retirement ceremony of his junior, Jae-won Oh. 

However, he succeeded in rebounding in the final year of his contract, making it possible to look at extending his active career. 

Rookie shortstops such as Ahn Jae-seok, Yu-chan Lee, Min-jae Jeon, and Gye-beom Park repeatedly aimed for the position, but there was not a single shortstop who was as good as Jae-ho Kim.

Coach Lee said, “The team can become stronger only when our team’s young infielders surpass Kim Jae-ho. 

Kim Jae-ho will also try to keep his position, and young players must compete to surpass Kim Jae-ho,” he said, adding, “The club will take good care of Kim Jae-ho,” and prayed for Kim Jae-ho’s contract to be renewed.

Doosan's Ahn Jae-seok (21), who was selected as the 'post-Kim Jae-ho', has completed his physical examination and is awaiting enlistment for active duty. 

With the decision to enlist in the military as a promising shortstop, the situation has become more urgent for Kim Jae-ho to remain.